Cracklin Cornbread. Fry up the bacon over medium-high heat. Crackling Cornbread has little pieces of pork cracklings throughout. Slather with butter and you have some of the most delicious southern cornbread.
Give your cornbread a salty pop by putting pork rinds in the mix!
Plus, fresh red bell pepper and jalapeño give this Cracklin' Cornbread a flavorful kick.
What is a born and raised Pennsylvania girl doing making Cracklin' Cornbread?
You can cook Cracklin Cornbread using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Cracklin Cornbread
- You need 2 cup of white lily self - rising buttermilk white cornmeal.
- You need 1 large of egg.
- Prepare 1 cup of cracklin's.
- You need 1 cup of water.
- It's 1 1/2 cup of milk (you can use 1 1/4 cup but I like more).
- You need 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 1/4 cup of sugar.
Recipe courtesy of Vera Willis. *Cracklins are little pieces of pork fat, fatty meats, or ham skin which are left crisp and brown after the lard or fat has been rendered from them. Sean Brock's corn bread is known for two things: its crunchy exterior, thanks to a piping-hot cast-iron skillet, and its pure corn flavor, thanks to the lack of Cracklin' Corn Bread. Cook's Note: Cracklins are little pieces of pork fat, fatty meats. Printer-Friendly How to make Cornbread with Cracklins Pour cornbread mixture into the iron skillet seasoned with bacon drippings. (First tip the pan all the way around, spreading the bacon drippings to.
Cracklin Cornbread instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 . Soak cracklin's for 15 to 20 minutes. (You don't have to but I like them better soft.).
- Put oil in pan and place in oven..
- Beat egg and stir in cornmeal, milk, &sugar. Remove extra water from cracklin's and fold them in..
- Remove pan and pour oil in bowl mix a little then pour mix in pan and place in oven. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove butter top of cornbread then put in oven for 5 or 10 minutes. I turn my oven off and leave it in for a while..
- If you need more cornmeal do so but don't forget to a a little more milk as well. Enjoy!.
Note from Devita: The texture of cornbread does depend on the type of meal you use — medium and coarse-ground cornmeal are best for making polenta. The Cracklin's get a little soft and so yummy inside of the nutty and hearty Cornbread, and the contrast of textures and flavors is The Cornbread becomes kind of bacon-ish, with a hint of spice. Crackling Bread can be made different ways. It's basically cornbread with the cracklins added to it for more flavor. Cracklins or pork rinds add a salty crunch to this savory cornbread.
